Mike Foote is the fastest yurt-dwelling ultrarunner in Missoula, MT. In 2011 he was a surprise first American at UTMB. In early 2012, he broke the Course Record at the Bighorn 100. Here he is training from his home-base in Western Montana going into the 2012 UTMB (Ultra-Trail de Mont ...

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I stopped briefly at Larry’s Hole to top off my bottle and this was enough to allow Thomas to catch up to James and I. Not surprising considering how weakly it felt I was running. Someone told us that the leader (Kilian) was already 10min up, which also didn’t surprise me as I had est...

Mike Foote is the fastest yurt-dwelling ultrarunner in Missoula, MT. In 2011 he was a surprise first American at UTMB. In early 2012, he broke the Course Record at the Bighorn 100. Here he is training from his home-base in Western Montana going into the 2012 UTMB (Ultra-Trail de Mont ...

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True to my plan, I spent the next nearly 30min on the warm, windless summit enjoying the clear view and lack of crowds and snapping some pics. I also thought that if I waited long enough, maybe one of my morning’s travel partners–L.A. runner Dominic Grossman –would join me and we coul...

Maurice–Haha, oh man. I’m already a weirdo who spends most of his time in the mountains, so no worries there. Haven’t done much scrabbling in years, though. At least not combined with running and climbing. Sometimes with friends at a kitchen table. Also, I’m not sure I’ve ever been an...

So after a redundant round of caffeine and sugar and all kinds of fruitless plotting of how to stretch my two days onto the South Island into three (or four, or five…), we went hiking, normally a tedious activity for me. The Kepler Track ‘s renown is world-wide at this point, however,...

I stopped briefly at Larry’s Hole to top off my bottle and this was enough to allow Thomas to catch up to James and I. Not surprising considering how weakly it felt I was running. Someone told us that the leader (Kilian) was already 10min up, which also didn’t surprise me as I had est...

As usual, any long run on the Nolan’s line is humbling and taxing, but I really felt ready to go for at least the first nine peaks this time. Unfortunately, most of the time, the mountains don’t care about our silly plans. More and more, I’m beginning to think that fitting in an attem...